Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki – Director – United States Global Change Research Program

Media links 'climate change' to Nepal/Tibet natural disaster:

UK Guardian features 'International Climate Policy & Just Transition Specialist' claiming: 'Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis' – Declares floods result of 'global heating caused by wealthy states'

Excerpt: Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states – Sunil Acharya is an international climate policy and just transition specialist based in Kathmandu, Nepal

As a Nepali citizen working on international climate policy for more than a decade, it is difficult to look at the harrowing images coming out of the catastrophic flash flood that thundered down valleys in Nepal, sweeping down the Lhende Khola, Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, and not feel angry.